Archive for July, 2009
Back in April I undertook the daunting, yet thoroughly rewarding, task of scouring the internet for stamps that corresponded to the famous folks in our Oddfellows collection. The stamps came from all around the world, and varied in terms of quality, presentation and time period. Anyhow, graphic designer Marc Alcock took my vision a step further and created this map of the world where each country is represented by its own native stamp. Pretty cool stuff. Here’s an interview with KAWS from the Stages show in Paris. He seems to be a pretty interesting guy. I remember reading once that he only agrees to collaborate with companies and/or products that are already established entities of his everyday life–such as Nike and Levi’s. The painting shown in this clip was created for Livestrong. The name Dan Meth was first brought to our attention last week during an interview with cartoonist William Levin, who listed Meth as one of his major artistic influences. And now, thanks to an awesome video montage of cartoons past and present, we are able to discover the influences of the influencer. Meth created this short because he says he’s often stumped when it comes to the difficult and redundant question of, “Bro, man, dude, who would you say your influences are?” The soundtrack to this short is Ca Plane Pour Moi by Plastic Bertrand. Here’s a bonus animation by Meth about a Space Cowboy. Sh*t is hilarious! Enjoy. White Box by Makoto Yabuki. Pretty dope! Created by Vancouver resident, and recent graduate of Emily Carr University, Nat Dart. The Nature of Battle: ” In a ruined world, where mankind has brought destruction upon themselves, a new hope arrives in the form of a seed.” Beautiful!
Who: Artist Miles Toland Hails From: Santa Fe, New Mexico Medium: A stunning collision of graffiti and realism Real Speak: “Every person has a story and every person has a different way of telling it. I’ve chosen twelve tubes of oil, a backpack of spray-paint, a handful of markers and one box of colored pencils to tell the world my story.” -Toland Website: www.tolandarts.com
Notcot.com is a recent guilty pleasure of ours when it comes to the blogosphere. They provide an in-depth and constantly updated look at the modern world, focusing on that which provokes and inspires “ideas, aethetics and amusement.” Here’s a mini-retrospective they created that examines the various alterations of the ubiquitous MTV logo and background. Read the full article here. 
This Sprite ad is salacious, vulgar and awesome. It was banned in Germany for obvious and overt sexual undertones. Personally, I think it’s great.
Amazon has remotely deleted every single copy of 1984 that was ever purchased (legitimately!) by a Kindle owner. This is exactly why you don’t entrust giant corporations with the keys to knowledge.
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